Posts by tag: Mindanao

11 years ago

Today’s View: Where my home is

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Today’s View: Where my home is

By DON J. PAGUSARA

Davao Today

My linguistic homecoming has made a remarkable impact on my growth as a celebrator of Lumad literature.  It couldn’t be otherwise.  The noble expression and stories of Mindanao’s Lumad peoples can only be written and told in the language most akin to their experiences and reality. 

12 years ago

Today’s View: Vote wisely

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Today’s View:  Vote wisely

By BEVERLY ANN S. MUSNI, YR.

Davao Today

We cannot grasp the enormity of the responsibility we have at our hands as voters.  But we are going to shape a nation which is mired by corruption, poverty, armed conflicts, human rights violations and economic sabotage. 

12 years ago

Massacre kin killed in Tampakan mine site

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By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today

“The military did not even care to give immediate medical attention to the victim when he was hit and was unable to fight back anymore,” said Ryan Lariba, spokesperson for Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan)-Soccsksargends.

12 years ago

Nothing to celebrate on IPRA’s 15th year, party-list says

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By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today

“The IPRA law only served as a tool to legally plunder our ancestral lands. The law, in its present form, cannot provide the realization and attainment of our rights” — Francesca Tolentino, secretary general of the Katribu Partylist